Cookies (chocolate chip and lemon)

cookies baked in a pan

As I said in my last post, my oven was broken on the day my brother and his girlfriend came from Surabaya, my hometown. I already made the cookie dough and I had to put it in the fridge until I could figure out what I should do with it (or with my oven). After 2 days passed by, I thought I couldn't keep the dough too long in the fridge and it didn't seem that any electrician was working during the Christmas week. So I experimented with my non-stick pan.

It worked!!!

What I did was to line the usual baking cookie tray with baking paper and arrange the dough on top of it. In the mean time, I reheated a large non-stick pan on a hob with lid closed. Very quickly I put the cookie tray inside and close the lid again. Wait for 10 minutes, voila!!! The cookies were ready. Okay, you need to do more batches this way, but in case one day your oven breaks down and you are ready with the dough, this is an alternative way to "bake" your cookies.

Poulet au poivre

My Christmas dinner was almost ruined when I found out that my oven was broken that very morning. I planned to make Roasted Chicken and Apple Berry Crumble, but obviously no oven-related foods should be served that night. So I thought hard what I would do with the whole chicken that I already bought and I came up with cooking le Poulet au poivre that my boyfriend's mother taught me when she was here in July. Here's how to cook this simple but very delicious dish.

poulet au poivre

Apple Berry Crumble

Apple berry crumble

I was invited for an apéro evening at Sandrine's house a few weeks ago. There were many delicious finger foods served but there was one thing that I couldn't forget: the berry crumble. It was so delicious, rather strong blend between sweet and sour for my taste, but very, very delicious still. So I decided that I had to be able to make that, too. I looked up some recipes on the internet and basically they were suggesting almost the same ingredients and techniques. But as a huge Jamie Oliver's fan and because of the simplicity of his crumble recipe, I chose that to begin the experiment. The original recipe is here, but I doubled the crumble recipe since I had a bigger baking plate. And instead of only apples, I added some strawberries for an addition of sour taste. Oh, and I also added some cinnamon ground just because I liked it. Below is my apple berry crumble recipe.

Lazy Sunday Lunch

This is my not-quite new invention in preparing easy lunch that features a fusion between Indonesian and Western food. A perkedel sosis (fried mashed potato with sausage) and buttered peas and bacon.